Forest Laboratories climbed US$5.34 to US$105.34. The drugmaker said fiscal third-quarter profit almost doubled to at least US$0.89 a share, beating the US$0.77-a-share average estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.
Eastman Kodak Co rallied US$1.37 to US$37.21, adding the most to the Dow. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc analyst Peter Ausnit raised the stock to "buy" from "hold," citing expectations the world's biggest maker of film will give an "upbeat" forecast for this year when it reports fourth-quarter earnings on Jan. 22.
Continental Airlines Inc rose US$0.57 to US$8.19. The fifth-largest US airline said revenue for every seat carried one mile last month was as much as 11 percent higher than a year earlier.
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